(HBO) – In the whole province, there are 3,120 employees working in the tourism sector, including State management agencies, accommodation establishments, tourist sites and resorts. In recent years, together with investing in material facilities, tourism infrastructure, the task of training and fostering the labor quality in the tourism sector have been paid attention, contributing to promote the tourism industry of the province to develop, attract domestic and foreign tourists to visit and relax.


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Currently, the province's tourism sector has more than 3,100 people, of which 276 people have university degrees or higher, 399 people with intermediate level or college degrees; 1,007 people have primary level and 1,438 unskilled laborers.

In the province, the model of community-based tourism has been and is being developed in most localities, mainly in the districts of Mai Chau, Da Bac, Tan Lac, etc. The characteristics of this model is that the local people make the tourism business. They are the people who directly contact with visitors. If they have a good professional level, they will make good impression and satisfaction to visitors.

At present, the province has 407 tourist accommodation establishments, including 5 three-star hotels, 18 two-star hotels, nine 1-star hotels, 233 guest houses and 142 stilt houses. With more than 2,000 direct laborers in the industry, the task of improving the quality of laborers is always a matter of concern. Over the past years, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism has opened many professional training courses for laborers in the field of tourism. In 2017, 9 training courses of tourism professional skills for 742 trainees were opened. In which, there were 3 classes for drivers and crews on board to transport tourists with 290 trainees; 3 classes for 300 trainees of staff, specialists in charge of tourism activities at the Boards of Culture and Communications of the districts, city, commune cultural staff, owners of business units and households engaged in tourism activities; 2 training courses on homestay tourism skills for business households staying in the homestay; 1 class for car drivers and service staff on passenger transport cars. From the beginning of the year, the department has opened 5 courses for 354 trainees in management of accommodation, tourism profession, community tourism and tourism product development.

 

 

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